This is the third in a three-part series on understanding the Christian fiction marketplace. Perhaps you read Tips 16 and 17 and went, “Wait, I know a man who reads Christian fiction” or “Wait, I’m a woman in that target demographic and I don’t like the standard genres you mentioned,” or even “Wait, what about…
This is the second in a three-part series on understanding the Christian fiction marketplace. If it’s true that the readership for Christian fiction falls into the demographic boundaries I described in Tip #16, what does it mean in terms of the novels this readership wants? The typical member of that demographic doesn’t want military fiction…
This is the first in a three-part series on understanding the Christian fiction marketplace. Who is the reader for Christian fiction? What does that demographic look like? I’m talking about all genres here. Who reads (or, more importantly, who buys) Christian fiction in the first decade of the 21st century? In my 13+ years of…
Today’s question comes from Editor Panelist, W. Terry Whalin. It is a buzz word scattered throughout book publishing. The leaders inside publishing houses talk about it. Agents think about it for every new client and their current clients as they send out proposals. Authors need to be thinking about this buzz word. I’m talking about…
Today’s question comes from David Thomas, Journalism Panelist. Newspaper circulation is falling. TV ratings are declining. Radio is about dead, too, right? Or say they say. They all are going to stick around in some format, although that format still is to be determined. In the meanwhile, opportunities to promote our work through…
Lynnda – Passionate for the Glory of God <http://www.blogger.com/profile/11203946226967321615> asks: Good morning, Mary; Now that you’ve launched Thin Places would you talk about the different methods you used to publicize it? Which ones did you find most effective? Thank you for the opportunity to be nosey. :>) Be Blessed, Lynnda Lynnda, By far…
Traveling, promotion and marketing always take far more time than you think it will. When I had three books release in one year (which made for a hectic year before in terms of writing), I got very, very tired doing all that promotion (and I did it from France for the most part). But in…
The true value of social networking is inviting folks into your life enough that they begin to form community. I do have a fan page on Facebook. Feel free to join and earn brownie points (just kidding). I actually get more mileage from my normal Facebook profile. Here are some positives: I created an event…
When I first tried Twitter (a little update blog limited to 140 characters, about three sentences) I could hear author Brandilyn Collin’s suspense-filled voice saying, “Twitter is a stalker’s dream come true.” I worried about that and eventually un-twittered myself. But then I read a friend’s admonition and gave it a try again. You can…
Today’s question is from panelist, Karen Whiting. Considering proposals, This past week I read an interesting article in Christian Retailing on nonfiction books for teens (by an editor at Zondervan). Since I have a proposal under consideration for teens, I sent the link to my agent to send to the editor with a note on…